As Luck Would Have It: A Los Angeles Carjacking
As Luck Would Have It: A Los Angeles Carjacking
After a harrowing encounter in Santa Monica, I learned a valuable lesson about luck.
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In 1990, my wife, Melissa, and I lived in Los Angeles for a year. Being in our 20s and just getting started in life, we decided to try city life for a change. We had a Ford Bronco II that was constantly in the mechanic shop so, one day, after our little SUV was towed to the garage for repairs, I had to rent a car.
Although I rented the cheapest car the rental company offered, they upgraded me to a mid-size car since they didn’t have any cheap cars left. They gave me a brand new, red Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, which I thought was just the coolest car in the world. In fact, my first car was a 1971 Cutlass, and it’ll always be my favorite. So to drive a new Cutlass Supreme for a couple days was testosterone bliss.
About 11:00 that night, it was time to pick Melissa up from work. She was working at Pier 1 Imports in Santa Monica. It was Christmas season, so they were open later than normal, and I had to wait in the car for her to close the store.
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Bob…Your message about these “five lessons”is true wisdom. It all can’t be summed up any better way.
I love this Bob! Thank you.
As I’ve gotten older (and wiser and nicer😂!) I’ve come to look at life as something that happens for us not to us. I look at every experience now, both good and bad and all the colors in between, as something to learn from and grow from. Not easy to always remember but always true (for me😂!).